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This is it, guys! The end of our Brushwork Series, and the end of our lessons from the book, Brushwork Elementary Brush-Forms by Marion Hudson. Brushwork Lesson #30, A Design of Primroses, is the final activity in the book. It brings together all of the skills we have learned since the beginning of our brushwork series. We (or at least, I) started out nervous and clueless but determined to learn a skill that I had been wanting to know my entire life. Slowly, but surely, lesson by lesson, we learned different techniques, we grew in confidence, and we...

We have reached the second to last lesson in our Brushwork Series! Wow! If you've been working along side of us, learning the beginning skills of watercolor painting, YOU ARE AMAZING! Staying committed to the lessons and practicing in between is really paying off! Our lesson today is brushwork lesson #29, from the book, Brushwork Elementary Brush-Forms by Marion Hudson. It is called A Lesson on the Primrose. In this lesson, we learn how to paint the delicate petals of the primrose and its textured leaves. This will serve as a foundation for many...

Our homeschool handicraft project for today, is a clay model of a tam-o'-shanter. This is model #41 from the book, A Manual of Clay-Modelling by Hermione Unwin and it’s part of our clay modelling series. This project was fairly quick. We did not use the armature, because the height did not require it. Instead we built up the form on a clay slab, finishing with a pom-pom. We did not have a tam-o'-shanter, so we chose to use a hat we had made in our crochet series. Now, if you're anything like us, you have no idea what a tam-o'-shanter...

We are in the end stretch, my friend! Today, our homeschool handicraft is brushwork lesson #28, from the book, Brushwork Elementary Brush-Forms by Marion Hudson. It is called A Lesson on Storks and Bulrushes. This lesson builds on Lesson #19 with the ducklings being very similar to the storks, and Lesson #14 with the tops of the bulrushes being the same as the violet petals. At this point, we are practicing skills that we have already covered. The stork is a bird that stands quietly upon long, slender legs. Its snowy white feathers are trimmed with...

Today's homeschool handicraft project is a clay model of a tin loaf. We will be making model #40 from the book, A Manual of Clay-Modelling by Hermione Unwin as part of our clay modelling series. Now it occurred to me that some of you younger folks may not know what a tin loaf is. To make a tin loaf, bakers bake the bread in a tin loaf pan. At the turn of the 20th century, when this book was written, bakers increasingly used bread tins because they produced consistent, evenly sized loaves and kept the crumb softer for longer. Although bakers still use...

It just occurred to me that we are SO CLOSE to the end of this brushwork series! There are 30 lessons in the book we are working through, Brushwork Elementary Brush-Forms by Marion Hudson. Today we'll be doing brushwork lesson #27, A Design of Anemone, which is a follow up from Lesson #26, A Lesson on Pink Anemone. A French anemone is a dramatic flower with large blooms on a long, strong stem. The beautiful petals surround a dense central cluster of pistils that create a dark center, which can look swirled when looked at from above. Our...